Japanese Unipres is opening a factory in St. Petersburg

NAPI – Russian Etalon Group affiliate Etalon Promstroy and Japanese Unipres Corporation have signed an agreement, proposing the establishment of an automobile supply industry factory in St. Petersburg. The facility, which is planned to be completed within the fourth quarter of 2015, will be constructed on 12,300 m². Metal body parts will be manufactured at the factory, with an investment value of 2 billion rubles.

Unipres, which has ten factories in various countries, besides seven in Japan, manufactures pressed metal components, fuel tanks, transmission elements and various plastic components. Major Japanese car manufacturers such as: Nissan, Mazda, Honda and Isuzu are the main clients of the company.